Featured Alumni Success Stories
Jeff Zimmer ’10 Helps Secure Workers’ Rights around the Globe
By Kate Helm After landing a much sought-after job with the American Center for International Labor Solidarity in Washington, D.C., Jeff Zimmer ’10 was told why he was hired. “[My supervisor] said it was my passion that made me stand out, and Lafayette can take a lot of credit for that,” says Zimmer. “Lafayette doesn’t [...]
Sarah Lowery ’02 Improves Economy and Environment in Developing Countries
By Kate Helm As manager of an assessment of environmental threats in Russia, Sarah Lowery ’02 focused on the country’s slow progress in energy efficiency and its vulnerability to climate change. She wrote the report’s biodiversity chapter. She has also analyzed energy sectors in four nations for clean energy proposals for the U.S. Agency for [...]
T.J.Maxx and Good Day New York Call on Fashion Expert Lindsey Calla ’06
By Kevin Gray Creator of the fashion blog Saucy Glossie, Lindsey Calla ’06 worked with T.J.Maxx on the discount designer store’s “Maxxinista” campaign and appeared in one of the commercials. “Working with T.J.Maxx has been an amazing experience,” says Calla, noting that she was a true Maxxinista even before this dream job. “It was a [...]
Pew Charitable Trusts Officer Hank Cauley ’77 Improved Lives of Millions in Somalia
By Dan Edelen A million African women saved from countless hours scouring barren landscapes for firewood. Thousands of Australian aboriginals and aquaculturists who can now watch their farms and fishing grounds prosper. Hundreds of small town folks who know their children will play in backyards free of mining waste. A dozen artists in Philly who [...]
Lance Podell ’86 Leads Global Expansion of YouTube
What do you get when you cross the video-sharing giant YouTube with the creative genius and marketing savvy of the web video company Next New Networks? You get YouTube Next Lab, a Google subsidiary that is connecting YouTube audiences around the world with the brands they love. At the center of this March 2011 alliance [...]
Joe Maddon ’76 Is Named American League Manager of the Year – Again
After leading the Tampa Bay Rays to a wild card berth in the wildest race in American League history, Joe Maddon ’76 has been named the league’s Manager of the Year for the second time by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. He also won the award in 2008 after piloting the Rays to the [...]
Beth Mowins ’89 Is Play-by-Play Announcer for ESPN2’s Noon Lineup of College Football Games
In her 17th year with ESPN, Beth Mowins ’89 is teamed with color analyst Mike Bellotti this fall as play-by-play announcer for ESPN2’s noon lineup of college football games. Only the second woman in her role, Mowins, of San Diego, Calif., said in an earlier interview with Lafayette College that her goal to be a [...]
Danlami Gomwalk ’01 Helps Build a Better Nigeria
By Kevin Gray When Danlami Gomwalk ’01left his native Nigeria to attend Lafayette College, he was looking to gain international education and employment experiences. He accomplished that mission and more. Through immersion in the College’s unique brand of global education, his eyes were opened to the dynamic nature of the international job market and the [...]
Ellis Kelleher ’08 Manages One of London’s Leading Art Galleries
By Matt Sinclair ’90 In this age of specialization, liberal arts majors often hear questions about what they hope to accomplish with a degree in English or art history. Of course, the answer is “whatever they want.” Take Ellis Kelleher ’08 for example. An English graduate originally from New Jersey, she now lives in England [...]
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